This has been settled case law for decades thanks to sports almanacs. Facts (like someones net worth) cannot be copyrighted. However a compilation of facts can be.
If CNW had published a book, Google purchased it off of Amazon, and paid an intern to retype it in to fact boxes - that is clear copyright violation.
The fact that Google bought the data from a third party data broker who scraped CNW does not absolve them of liability in my mind.
If CNW had published a book, Google purchased it off of Amazon, and paid an intern to retype it in to fact boxes - that is clear copyright violation.
The fact that Google bought the data from a third party data broker who scraped CNW does not absolve them of liability in my mind.